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by JumpCrisscross 429 days ago
> universities should probably be concerned with their credibility among democratically elected political representatives if they are going to be accepting public funds

Agree. I don’t think they should accept federal funds to the extent that they do. Maybe it’s time for elite institutions to get past the 70s camp era and start behaving (and wielding the power of) being elite.
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kelipso 429 days ago
It’s current year. They might hobble along for a few years without federal funding but they need federal funding to keep their academic reputation and be elite institutions.
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JumpCrisscross 429 days ago
> they need federal funding to keep their academic reputation and be elite institutions

Why? The funding chased their reputations during the world wars. There are plenty of ways of collaborating on expensive research facilities with the federal government while keeping a boundary between church and state within the elite halls.

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kelipso 429 days ago
Top researchers prefer federal funding, it’s fairly predictable..till now. It’s messy now so I might be wrong.
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